Gender | Female |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Arabic, Persian, English, Irish, Urdu, etc. |
Meaning | Radiance, happiness, joy |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Fareeha, Farha, Afrah, Farhan, etc. |
Farah, or Farrah, is a feminine given name in Arabic and Persian, among other languages. Derived from the concept of Khvarenah (divine radiance, halo) in Zoroastrianism[ dubious – discuss], it has more recently risen in popularity in the Anglosphere due to association with the American celebrities Farrah Fawcett (1947–2009) and Farrah Abraham (born 1991); the name Farrah was among the top 1,000 names for newborn girls in the United States between 1976 and 1980, between 1987 and 1988, and again between 2010 and 2016. [1] [2] [3]
Farah ( Arabic: فَرَح , faraḥ) is an Arabic female given name and sometimes male given name meaning "happiness, joy, gladness, gleefulness, joyful, joyfulness, merriment, rejoice"
The name is based on the Arabic root ف ر ح (f-r-ḥ), variants from the root are:
Farah ( Arabic: فَرَح , faraḥ), the same as the Arabic meaning as mentioned above.
Farrah/ Khwarrah ( Pahlavi: xwarrah) or Khvaraenah ( Avestan: xᵛarənah), in Avestan or Pahlavi meaning 'glory'. The Avestan or Pahlavi word-name used in Zoroastrian texts or name and is completely different from the Arabic.
Gender | Female |
---|---|
Origin | |
Word/name | Arabic, Persian, English, Irish, Urdu, etc. |
Meaning | Radiance, happiness, joy |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Fareeha, Farha, Afrah, Farhan, etc. |
Farah, or Farrah, is a feminine given name in Arabic and Persian, among other languages. Derived from the concept of Khvarenah (divine radiance, halo) in Zoroastrianism[ dubious – discuss], it has more recently risen in popularity in the Anglosphere due to association with the American celebrities Farrah Fawcett (1947–2009) and Farrah Abraham (born 1991); the name Farrah was among the top 1,000 names for newborn girls in the United States between 1976 and 1980, between 1987 and 1988, and again between 2010 and 2016. [1] [2] [3]
Farah ( Arabic: فَرَح , faraḥ) is an Arabic female given name and sometimes male given name meaning "happiness, joy, gladness, gleefulness, joyful, joyfulness, merriment, rejoice"
The name is based on the Arabic root ف ر ح (f-r-ḥ), variants from the root are:
Farah ( Arabic: فَرَح , faraḥ), the same as the Arabic meaning as mentioned above.
Farrah/ Khwarrah ( Pahlavi: xwarrah) or Khvaraenah ( Avestan: xᵛarənah), in Avestan or Pahlavi meaning 'glory'. The Avestan or Pahlavi word-name used in Zoroastrian texts or name and is completely different from the Arabic.